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after a early burly election i was elected president and in my speech of acceptance with that incredible excitement and huge emotion it was a signal of a different ireland that somebody of my record would be elected to serve as presidents for seven years and so many people cried. have a choice because they could not believe it the imide acceptance speech and i singled out and saying to those women of ireland because i knew that was one of the things that helped of course, and a general election you have to be voted men and women but there were so many wives to did not tell their husbands but just voted differently or daughters did not tell their father and i have proof of that more recently i was in boise idaho speaking to an audience and at the end of the speech a young woman in her early thirties came towards me purposely with her hand out. so i came down and she shook my hand and said i wanted to shake your hand you were my first vote i was 19 at the time and i told my father he nearly killed me. [laughter] so it captures the fact there were women who came out. the second thing that i
after a early burly election i was elected president and in my speech of acceptance with that incredible excitement and huge emotion it was a signal of a different ireland that somebody of my record would be elected to serve as presidents for seven years and so many people cried. have a choice because they could not believe it the imide acceptance speech and i singled out and saying to those women of ireland because i knew that was one of the things that helped of course, and a general election...
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and this is when we had a much more successful election, the parliamentarian elections and so forth. there was an opportunity, i believe, at that stage to consolidate some gains and to move toward a sustainable political outcome. and we know that some of those efforts failed or weren't sufficient to consolidate those gains. and so the future of iraq is, obviously, very much in question beyond this point, but i think it's very important to understand that these conflicts evolve over time, and we're fighting enemies there who have a say in the future course of events, and we need to talk more about those enemies. what are they trying to achieve, what are their goals, what are their strategies? because then we could inform the public about what the stakes are. but instead we talk about only us, and we talk about only our number of troops and what we did and as if everything we did led to the outcome without any interaction with those against whom we're fighting. >> let's open the conversation now, and -- [laughter] i think what we'll do given the number of hands i see is we'll take two
and this is when we had a much more successful election, the parliamentarian elections and so forth. there was an opportunity, i believe, at that stage to consolidate some gains and to move toward a sustainable political outcome. and we know that some of those efforts failed or weren't sufficient to consolidate those gains. and so the future of iraq is, obviously, very much in question beyond this point, but i think it's very important to understand that these conflicts evolve over time, and...
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rule of law, repeated election. not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and building the fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling as though we need endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, i think we need to be prepared to judged on the action and not just on the words. going and giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there's a view that the 2009 speech wasn't really carried out. it didn't translate to policy. the places we'll be most judged on the action is syrian and iran. i think in syria, look, we need to stake out a strategy and put resources behind it, build a coalition around it. i think it's damaging the idea the united states is passive or unable to accomplish the objective when people see syria in a sense most urgent and national security priority for the united states and allies been it comes to iran i think we need reconcile the conflicting messages we often send to iran. the military option is on the table. we t
rule of law, repeated election. not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and building the fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling as though we need endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, i think we need to be prepared to judged on the action and not just on the words. going and giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action, especially because there's a view that the 2009 speech wasn't really carried out....
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elections can want save haiti, but as i said then and again tonight, the failure to hold elections will doom haiti to permanent failed state status. elections which were due in november of 2011 for the third of the country's senate for all of its 140 mayoral positions in the country and local assemblies has not been held. without the elections, unfortunately, successful development is at risk, and, in fact, will not take place because in the absence of decent government, legitimate government, and in the absence of the rule of law, haiti will not be able to maintain international support, and it will not be able to pursue the transformation that was called for after the devastating earthquake that occurred three years ago. even today, three years after the earthquake, 300,000 continue to be living in displaced camps around the capitol city. over the course of the last year, a significant number of those displaced persons have enforcibly been evicted from those camps. although the government initially carried out several successful efforts to move people from displaced camps to some orga
elections can want save haiti, but as i said then and again tonight, the failure to hold elections will doom haiti to permanent failed state status. elections which were due in november of 2011 for the third of the country's senate for all of its 140 mayoral positions in the country and local assemblies has not been held. without the elections, unfortunately, successful development is at risk, and, in fact, will not take place because in the absence of decent government, legitimate government,...
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, the impending election was a postponing of the election and the problems surrounding the election and the imf loans are related. and so at least one of the arguments that have been made by the fund and i don't mean the only argument, is that they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or has egypt commit to an agreement or have morsi commit to an agreement that does not have rod-based consensus meaning it is not approved by a legitimately elected parliament and that until that transpires, they are not going to you know, get to the $4.8 billion. there is much more going on than that. that is certainly one aspect of it and the other aspect and this is maybe four many of you to think about what the role should be is that it is not the case and it does not been the case in the past that the international community as regional players will allow egypt to fail. that is not happened in the last 30 or 40 years when egypt made based crisis at the end of the 1980s in which there were also running out of foreign reserves and couldn't pay off loans to the international paris club in the unit
, the impending election was a postponing of the election and the problems surrounding the election and the imf loans are related. and so at least one of the arguments that have been made by the fund and i don't mean the only argument, is that they cannot in good faith commit to an agreement or has egypt commit to an agreement or have morsi commit to an agreement that does not have rod-based consensus meaning it is not approved by a legitimately elected parliament and that until that...
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he says, this is the issue of this election. whether we believe and a capacity for self-governance or whether we abandon the american revolution and contrast a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives. for us, better than we can plan them ourselves. the best single book on moving out of bureaucracy into a to tally and society were you this as it are empowered to solve your own problems, this does a lot about where we are in the republican party. the best single book is the former mayor of san francisco, lieutenant governor of california, it's called citizen bill, and every single conservative in this country should read it because it is a practical textbook on all the opportunities in the information age to get rid of government and replace it with citizen activism exactly in the tocqueville the model. but it embraces the new world and the pioneers were great future that is entrapped in the past. reagan came to cpac march 1, 1975, probably most important cpac speech in his. he said quote our people l
he says, this is the issue of this election. whether we believe and a capacity for self-governance or whether we abandon the american revolution and contrast a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives. for us, better than we can plan them ourselves. the best single book on moving out of bureaucracy into a to tally and society were you this as it are empowered to solve your own problems, this does a lot about where we are in the republican party. the best single book...
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not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and more on building this kind of fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling we need to endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, we need to be prepared to be judged on our actions and not just on our words. so just giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action especially pause there's a view that the 2009 speech, frankly, wasn't really carried out, didn't really translate into policy. and i think the places where we'll be most judged on our actions will be syria and iran. and i think in syria, look, we need to stake out a strategy, we need to put resources behind it, we need to build a coalition around it. i think it's very damaging, this idea that the united states is pass i or unable to -- passive or unable to accomplish its objectives when people see syria as the most immediate national security priority for the united states and our allies. when it comes to rapp, i think we need
not just one election. and i think we need to focus more on that and more on building this kind of fabric of democracy in the region and less on feeling we need to endorse whoever wins an election. and finally, look, we need to be prepared to be judged on our actions and not just on our words. so just giving another high profile speech is not going to cut it. people want to see action especially pause there's a view that the 2009 speech, frankly, wasn't really carried out, didn't really...